| If you are like many musicians, you are too | | | | time to listen to them. |
| busy to worry about decorating your MySpace | | | | |
| profile page. Because you are responsible for | | | | Photos and Video |
| promoting your music, your time will have to | | | | |
| be divided between online marketing, radio | | | | This is pretty easy to do and you should have |
| spots, shopping for a recording contract, and | | | | enough photos from past gigs and rehearsals |
| playing at various gigs and events in order | | | | that you can use. Update photos and video |
| to generate more fan support. MySpace is | | | | often and let others know when you do so by |
| another way for you to be seen online. Since | | | | posting an alert on your page. Fans enjoy |
| you are promoting music, you do not have to | | | | seeing photos and video. |
| do too much to make your page a popular one. | | | | |
| | | | Background designs, fonts, and other |
| Simple organization | | | | decorative touches |
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| When fans visit your page, they want to read | | | | While you can take your profile page to the |
| your profile, listen to your music, and view | | | | next level by adding a background, changing |
| photos or video if you have them. Organizing | | | | the font, or rearranging categories, it is |
| your page so each category is easy to find | | | | not always necessary. Gauge how well received |
| and use is a big help for fans and record | | | | your page is and make changes when you have |
| labels who don't have much time to view | | | | the time or if you feel it will attract new |
| pages. Create bold titles that are simple to | | | | people to the site. |
| understand. Create a profile that matches | | | | |
| your personality, but don't try too hard, as | | | | Marketing |
| you may lose people before they even listen | | | | |
| to your music. | | | | The best way to generate interest in your |
| | | | MySpace page is to take advantage of the |
| Important information | | | | marketing tools that are offered. Creating a |
| | | | blog, posting comments on forums, and |
| Always include the URL of your web site if | | | | visiting other music site will all cause your |
| your have one and any additional information | | | | page to be noticed. |
| like third-party distribution sites you are | | | | |
| using to sell CD's and other merchandise. | | | | Make sure you add your MySpace URL to printed |
| Also include an upcoming gigs section and | | | | marketing materials and on your web site. |
| list gigs in order of appearance. Make it is | | | | This will help generate more traffic. |
| easy for people to make plans to see your | | | | |
| perform. | | | | MySpace can help you reach more people and |
| | | | help promote your sound. While anything you |
| Uploading songs | | | | do on MySpace will help increase your |
| | | | exposure, spend the time where you think it |
| The songs you post on MySpace are the most | | | | is appropriate. If fans want to see new |
| important part of your page. While you can | | | | photos each week, then spend time uploading |
| only upload four songs, this is usually | | | | photos. Continue to post information about |
| enough to get people hooked on your sound. | | | | upcoming gigs so fans will be able to see you |
| Choose songs that represent the best of what | | | | live and appreciate your sound on another |
| you have to offer. You can change these | | | | level. |
| whenever you like, but give people enough | | | | |